Some farmer organizations are teaming up to push for checkoff program reforms.
It’s the Enough is Enough Tour, and members from Farmers Union and Farm Action would like to see some changes in commodity checkoff programs.
During a stop in Osseo, Wisconsin, State Farmers Union President Darin Von Ruden told Brownfield the checkoffs have changed since the early days of promoting surplus products. “Certainly looking at the intent of those dollars, they originally went into those advertisements and research, but there are some programs that are coming under a little bit of scrutiny because of the organizations that get the majority of the dollars that are also registered lobbyists.”
Von Ruden says the sponsoring organizations support the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act, or OFF Act.
